It doesn't matter though. Prices here are higher but wages are higher. I find it balances out about the same in the end... I don't feel like I have less disposable income in Australia than I do in the US. Plus you make savings in other areas (healthcare is free or very cheap etc.)
This is the thing people forget when they just compare prices to cheaper countries. It's the same in Europe too. Products prices are higher, as are all costs and wages. This means it costs more to companies too, so they have to charge more in the prices too. Also, In Europe we have stuff like warranties in products that also take the price higher.
The good thing is that both Australians and Europeans win on this when they go travel to US or the cheaper Asian countries. Hell, in some Asian countries you can live like a king with just the normal western salary, but living isn't suddenly cheaper to the locals.
It's only like Japan where you can get fast connections cheaply. In rest of the Asia connections cost just as much, if even you even can get faster than 8/1 at all. Only Europe has it good, and it's just some countries too. I know, I live in both Europe and Asia.
And better yet, put a VPN server on it. It's a bit more work to configure, but is kind of requirement for streaming (over non-http), games and other such.
News-Service.com sold their services to the likes of Binverse and Usenext, so it's not really surprising. While it takes away sad piece of history, the leeches and warez destroyed it. While some people still use it for talking, for the common people and most of the world it's just like BitTorrent. Not like I agree with the situation, but if something that is a major problem needs to be shut down and for the few using it for legal purposes need to move to something else, well, it's not surprise move.
While still being somewhat similar to ISP's and contraty to popular belief here on Slashdot, it's the intent that counts. That's why ThePirateBay was also found quilty in court.
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Yeah, from the beginning (I think it was his words) Slashdot was more like CmrdTaco's own blog.. And it still is.
It doesn't matter though. Prices here are higher but wages are higher. I find it balances out about the same in the end ... I don't feel like I have less disposable income in Australia than I do in the US. Plus you make savings in other areas (healthcare is free or very cheap etc.)
This is the thing people forget when they just compare prices to cheaper countries. It's the same in Europe too. Products prices are higher, as are all costs and wages. This means it costs more to companies too, so they have to charge more in the prices too. Also, In Europe we have stuff like warranties in products that also take the price higher.
The good thing is that both Australians and Europeans win on this when they go travel to US or the cheaper Asian countries. Hell, in some Asian countries you can live like a king with just the normal western salary, but living isn't suddenly cheaper to the locals.
It's only like Japan where you can get fast connections cheaply. In rest of the Asia connections cost just as much, if even you even can get faster than 8/1 at all. Only Europe has it good, and it's just some countries too. I know, I live in both Europe and Asia.
Why couldn't they log? The submitter wasn't interested in that, he just wanted US ip to use. He's not using it for anything illegal.
And better yet, put a VPN server on it. It's a bit more work to configure, but is kind of requirement for streaming (over non-http), games and other such.
News-Service.com sold their services to the likes of Binverse and Usenext, so it's not really surprising. While it takes away sad piece of history, the leeches and warez destroyed it. While some people still use it for talking, for the common people and most of the world it's just like BitTorrent. Not like I agree with the situation, but if something that is a major problem needs to be shut down and for the few using it for legal purposes need to move to something else, well, it's not surprise move.
While still being somewhat similar to ISP's and contraty to popular belief here on Slashdot, it's the intent that counts. That's why ThePirateBay was also found quilty in court.